Steep Slope Bluff Complex

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) retained Onsite Engineering Ltd. (OEL) to carry out a Geohazard Risk Assessment on the Scotch Creek alluvial fan. The primary objective of this study is to assess and characterize geohazards within the study area that might impact future permit applications. The geohazards discussed in this report include rockfall, debris flow hazards presented by Allen Creek, and flooding hazards presented by Scotch Creek. OEL was retained to complete this assessment from the perspective of the CSRD Development Permit and Building Permit process. Although portions of the study area are designated as First Nations Reserve and fall outside the jurisdiction of the CSRD, hazards that may affect these lands have been included in the assessment to provide a comprehensive evaluation of hazards across the alluvial fan. The objective of this study is to provide a report that consolidates the available information and mapping into a single report that can be relied on to update the mapping that is referenced for the Development Permit and Building Permit applications on the Scotch Creek fan. The recommendations contained within the report are from the perspective of the CSRD Development Permit and Building Permit processes, even where the subject lands fall outside CSRD jurisdiction. The project area is situated within the unceded ancestral lands of the Secwépemc Nation. This assessment was conducted with the consent and collaboration of the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw (formerly the Little Shuswap Lake Band). Commonly known names for physical landscape features are used in this report, with the understanding that these may differ from the traditional names recognized by the Secwépemc peoples. Download Report